Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
SongBurgess/Attaway version made famous by Harry Belafonte
Creators (3)
Composer
- [traditional] special purpose artist
Lyricist
Publisher
- Cherry Lane Music Ltd.
- Cherry Lane Music Publishing Ltd
- Caribe Music Corp.
- Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co.
Related Works (7)
Later Versions
- Trio Bommerlunder translated
- Wien translated
- バナナ・ボート translated
- Hey Mister Taliban (Deeeeeeeeeo) parody, translated
- Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
Arrangements
Lyrics Quoted In
Recordings (81)
- Annabelle Lee 2:39 by Harry Belafonte (1950)
- Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) 3:05 by Harry Belafonte (1956) recorded Oct 20, 1955
- Day O ?:?? by Harry Belafonte (1956)
- Day-O 8:36 live by Harry Belafonte (Oct 1959) live, 1959-04: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States
- Day‐O 3:40 live by Harry Belafonte (1959) live, 1959-04: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States
- The Banana Boat Song 2:27 cover by The Brothers Four (1964)
- Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) ?:?? by Harry Belafonte (1968)
- Banana Boat Song (Day-O) 2:22 cover by Ingmar Nordströms (Aug 1976)
- The Banana Boat Song 2:59 by Harry Belafonte (1976)
- The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) 3:05 by Harry Belafonte (1981)
- Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) 3:39 by Harry Belafonte (1984) recorded April 19-20, 1959
- Banana Boat Song 2:59 by Harry Belafonte (1987)
- Day‐O 3:05 by Harry Belafonte (07 Jun 1988) Beetlejuice version
- Banana Boat Song 3:00 by Harry Belafonte (1988)
- The Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) 3:04 by Harry Belafonte (1988)
- Banana Boat Song 3:00 by Harry Belafonte (1988)
- Day O 3:51 cover by 清水靖晃 (21 Sep 1989)
- Banana Boat Song 2:58 cover by Armando Hurley (1989)
- Day O 3:08 by Harry Belafonte (1989)
- Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) 5:35 by Harry Belafonte (1989) recorded November 29-30, 1988
- Day O 3:06 by Harry Belafonte (1993)
- Day‐O (Banana Boat Song) 2:23 cover by Nina & Frederik (1993)
- The Banana Boat Song 1:44 cover by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians (29 Jun 1994) live, 1991-12-19: Andy Kershaw’s kitchen, UK
- Day Oh 3:56 cover by Shaggy (Jun 1995)
- Day-O (Banana Boat Song) ?:?? by Harry Belafonte (1995)
- Banana Boat (Day O) 3:07 by Harry Belafonte (1995)
- Banana Boat Song (Day-O) 3:06 by Harry Belafonte (1997)
- Day-O 7:41 by Harry Belafonte (1997)
- Day-O 3:34 cover by Schrödinger’s Cat (18 Sep 1999)
- Banana Boat 3:02 live, cover by The Bastard Brothers (2000)
- Day-O (Banana Boat Song) 3:40 live by Harry Belafonte (2000)
- Banana Boat (Day-O) 3:03 by Harry Belafonte (2001)
- Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) 3:03 cover by The Hit Crew (04 Jun 2002)
- Day-O (Pulsedriver radio cut) 3:01 cover by Beetle Juice (2002)
- Banana Boat Song (Day-O) (original club mix) 7:33 cover by Rick Maniac & Dr. Loop (2002)
- Banana Boat Song (Day-O) (Pulsedriver remix) 6:09 cover by Rick Maniac & Dr. Loop (2002)
- Day-o (Banana Boat Song) 3:28 cover by Beetle Juice (2002)
- O (Banana Boat Song) 4:08 cover by Beetle Juice (30 Jan 2003)
- The Banana Boat Song (Day-o) 3:02 by Harry Belafonte (12 Feb 2003)
- Day-O (Banana Boat Song) (Big club mix) 2:16 cover by Rick Maniac & Dr Loop (24 Feb 2003) part of a “Kontor: Top of the Clubs, Volume 18” DJ-mix
- Banana Boat Song 6:11 cover by Rick Maniac & Dr Loop (24 Feb 2003)
- Day-O 3:08 cover by Rick Maniac & Dr. Loop (31 Oct 2003) part of “Ultimate Tuning 2003” DJ-mix
- Day-O 3:31 cover by Beetle Juice (2003)
- Banana Boat Song (Day-O) 4:18 cover by Rick Maniac & Dr Loop (2003)
- Banana Boat Song 3:21 cover by Rick Maniac & Dr. Loop (2003)
- Day-O (Banana Boat Song) (radio edit) 3:27 cover by Beetle Juice (2003)
- Banana Boat Song 6:10 cover by Rick Maniac & Dr Loop (2003)
- Banana Boat Song 3:06 cover by Rick Maniac & Dr Loop (2003)
- Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) ?:?? by Harry Belafonte (2003)
- Day-O (radio edit) 3:31 cover by Beetle Juice (2003)